Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) survival in deep water (25-40 m) during El Niño of 1997-1998 in Baja California, Mexico

Botanica Marina

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Ladah, Lydia B ^a,b   Zertuche González, José A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Inst de Invest Oceanologicas ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Deep water macroalgae; El Ni o; ENSO; Giant kelp; Internal waves

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; EL NINO; MACROALGA; SURVIVAL; WARMING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 9944260406     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2004.054     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Allen, C., L Silver and F. Stehli. 1960. Agua Blanca fault - a major transverse structure of Northern Baja California, Mexico. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 71: 457-482.
2. Bakun, A. 1973. Coastal upwelling indices, west coast of North America, 1946-1971. NOAA report, NMFS, SSRF-671. pp. 85.
3. Chavez-Garcia, M. 1975. Algunas condiciones de surgencia durante la primavera de 1974, para el area adyacente a Punta Banda, Baja California. UABC Tesis. pp. 62.
4. Cota-Villavicencio, A. 1972. Estudio oceanográfico químico de la surgencia localizada en la zona de Punta Banda, Baja California. Tesis de CICESE. pp. 63.
5. Dayton, P. 1985. Ecology of kelp communities. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 16: 215-245.
6. Dayton, P. and M. Tegner. 1984. Catastrophic storms, El Niño, and patch stability in a southern California kelp community. Science 224: 283-285.
7. Dayton, P., M. Tegner, R Parnell and R Edwards. 1992. Temporal and spatial patterns of disturbance and recovery in a kelp forest community. Ecological Monographs 62: 421-445.
8. Deysher, L. and T. Dean. 1986. In situ recruitment of sporophytes of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera: effects of physical factors. J. Exp. Mar. Bio. Ecol. 103: 41-63.
9. Durazo, R. and T. Baumgartner. 2002. Evolution of oceanographic conditions off Baja California: 1997-1999. Progress in Oceanography 54: 7-31.
10. Edwards, M. 2004. Estimating scale-dependency in disturbance impacts: El Niños and giant kelp forests in the northeast Pacific. Oecologia 138: 436-447.
11. Emery, W. and K. Hamilton. 1985. Atmospheric forcing of interannual variability in the northeast Pacific Ocean: connection with El Niño. J. Geophys. Res. 90: 857-868.
12. Gerard, V. 1982. Growth and utilization of internal nitrogen reserves by the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in a low nitrogen environment. Mar. Biol. 74: 213-218.
13. Gerard, V. 1984. Physiological effects of El Niño on giant kelp in Southern California. Mar. Biol. Letters 5: 317-322.
14. Hernández-Carmona, G., Y. Rodríguez-Montesinos, M. Casas-Valdez, M. Vilchis and I. Sanchez-Rodriguez. 1991. Evaluation of the beds of Macrocystis pyrifera in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico III. Summer 1986 and seasonal variation. Ciencias Marinas 17: 121-145.
15. Hoffman, A. and B. Santelices. 1991. Banks of algal microscopic forms: hypotheses on their functioning and comparisons with seed banks. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 79: 185-194.
16. Huyer, A. and R. Smith. 1985. The signature of El Niño off Oregon in 1982-83. J. Geophys. Res. 90: 7133-7142.
17. Kahru, M. and G. Mitchell. 2000. Influence of the 1997-98 El Niño on the surface chlorophyll in the California Current. J. Geophy. Lett. 26: 2937-2940.
18. Kennelly, S. 1987a. Physical disturbances in an Australian kelp community: II. Effects on understory species due to differences in kelp cover. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 40: 155-165.
19. Kennelly, S. 1987b. Inhibition of kelp recruitment by turfing algae and consequences for an Australian kelp community. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 112: 49-60.
20. Kinlan, B., M. Graham, E. Sala, and P. Dayton. 2003. Arrested development of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae) embryonic sporophytes: a mechanism for delayed recruitment in perennial kelps. J. Phycol. 39: 47-57.
21. Ladah, L. 2003. The shoaling of nutrient-enriched subsurface water as a mechanism to sustain primary productivity off Central Baja California during El Niño winters. J. Mar. Syst. 42: 145-152.
22. Ladah, L., J. Zertuche-Gonzalez and G. Hernández-Carmona. 1999. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae) recruitment near its southern limit in Baja California after mass disappearance during ENSO 1997-1998. J. Phycol. 35: 1106-1112.
23. Leichter, J., S. Wing, S. Miller and M. Denny. 1996. Pulsed delivery of subthermocline water to conch reef (Florida Keys) by internal tidal bores. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1490-1501.
24. Leichter, J., H. Stewart and S. Miller. 2003. Episodic nutrient supply to Florida coral reefs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1394-1407.
25. Miller, A. 1996. Recent advances in California Current modeling: decadal and interannual thermocline variations. CalCOFI Reports 37: 69-79.
26. Neushul, M. 1963. Studies on the giant kelp Macrocystis II. Reproduction. Am. J. Bot. 50: 354-359.
27. North, W. 1971. Introduction and background. In: (W. North, ed.) The biology of giant kelp beds (Macrocystis) in California. J. Cramer, Germany. pp. 123-168.
28. North, W. 1994. Review of Macrocystis biology. In: (I. Akatsuka, ed.) Biology of economic algae. Academic Publishing, Netherlands. pp. 447-527.
29. Pineda, J. 1991. Predictable upwelling and the shoreward transport of planktonic larvae by internal tidal bores. Science 253: 548-550.
30. Reed, D. and M. Foster. 1984. The effects of canopy shading on algal recruitment and growth in a giant kelp forest. Ecology 65: 937-948.
31. Reed, D., D. Laur and A. Ebeling. 1988. Variation in algal dispersal and recruitment: the importance of episodic events. Ecological Monographs 58: 321-335.
32. Reed, D., C. Amsler and A. Ebeling. 1992. Dispersal in kelps: factors affecting spore swimming and competency. Ecology 73: 1577-1585.
33. Santelices, B., A. Hoffman, D. Aedo, M. Bobadilla and R. Otaiza. 1995. A bank of microscopic forms on disturbed boulders and stones in tide pools. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 129: 215-228.
34. Schiel, D. and M. Foster. 1986. The structure of subtidal algal stands in temperate waters. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 24: 265-307.
35. Seymour, R.J. 1998. Effects of El Niños on the west coast wave climate. Shore and Beach 66: 3-6.
36. Seymour, R., M. Tegner, P. Dayton and P. Parnell. 1989. Storm wave induced mortality of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in southern California. Estuar., Coast. Shelf Sci. 28: 277-292.
37. Spalding, H., M. Foster and J. Heine. 2003. Composition, distribution, and abundance of deep-water (>30 m) macroalgae in central California. J. Phycol. 39: 273-284.
38. Tegner, M. and P. Dayton. 1987. El Niño effects on Southern California kelp communities. Advances in Ecological Research 77: 243-279.
39. Tegner, M. and P. Dayton. 1991. Sea urchins, El Niños, and long term stability of Southern California kelp forest communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 77: 49-63.
40. Tegner, M., P. Dayton, P. Edwards and K. Riser. 1996. Is there evidence for long-term climatic change in Southern California kelp forests? CalCOFI Reports 37: 111-126.
41. Underwood, A. 1997. Experiments in ecology: their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 504.
42. Wolter, K., and M. Timlin. 1998. Measuring the strength of ENSO events: how does the 1997/98 rank? Weather 53: 315-324.
43. Zar, J. 1984. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice Hall, USA. pp. 718.
44. Zimmerman, R. and J. Kremer. 1984. Episodic nutrient supply to a kelp forest ecosystem in Southern California. J. Mar. Res. 42: 591-604.
45. Zimmerman, R. and D. Robertson. 1985. Effects of El Niño on local hydrography and growth of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, at Santa Catalina Island, California. Limnol. Oceanog. 30: 1298-1302.